Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-26
HERE AND THERE,
The circus will show in Henderson

Inc Circus VIII show In Henderson
to-day.
The first cold wave of The season
gotin Tuesday night.
Mr.. Nat Gathers chicken crop wa
raided one night this week.
There will be moonlight party a
Mr.. Walter A. Radford's tonight.
A good many from this place at.
tended the stock show at Dunbar't
cave.
Mr.. Henry G. Ballard, the 9th st,
merchant, was allowed a pension this
week as an ex-Federal soldier.
Rev. ]. U. Spurlin is holding q
protracted meeting at Mt. Zoar
church in North Christian.
Mr.. L. b. Bascom, of Louisville, is
in the city for the purpose OF painting
some signs for Bassett & Co.'S now
store.
The Primitive or "Hardshell' Bap-
tist Association for this part of the
State begins three days session at
Cerulean Springs to-day.
The Latham Light Guards have
elected e. G. Lewis, Captain, Jouett
Henry LIST Lieut., w. III. Salter End
Lieut., and Jack Hanbery, lst Ser
geant.
Sheriff Boyd's residence was enter
cd by burglars few nights since and
his pants pockets rifed of about sl2'
Nothing else In the house was mo-
lasted,
Mr.. +. II. CARROT has purchased
from Mr.. j. NJ. Teer his farm of 100
acres, near Longview, for $1,000. Mr..
Teer will buy farm somewhere else
in the county.
AT the term of Circuit Court just
closed at Greenville three white and
three colored criminals were sent to
the penitentiary and 81 900 in fines
assessed against law-breakers.
Geo. Long was arrested this week
in the Antioch neighborhood on an
old indictment for selling liquor five
or six years ago. He gave bond and
was set at liberty.
The stock show at Dunbar's Cave,
Tuesday and Wednesday was well
attended and the collection OF fine
stock was a good one. 1t was esti
mated that four thousand people at
tended on Tuesday.
Rev. w. II. McRidley, pastor of the
colored Baptist church in Cadiz, was
married in Greensboro Monday morn
ing 10 Anna Thompson. They have
been the guests of Sam Hawkins for
some days.
Mrs. Catherine Manser died at the
residence of Mr.. 1. f. Ellis, on the
2lst inst. She was born In Virginia,
Aug. 4, 1897, and was consequently
90 years of age. Her remains were
taken to Newport, Ky, for interment.
Mr.. L. b. Bassett, the head of the
new firm of Bassett& Co, has arrived
and is busy preparing for his opening
Sept. Bird. He has employed as
clerks, Mr.. r. l.. Boulware, Miss
Mollie Martin, Hugh Phelps, Fred
Wallis and Stanton Armistead.
It's not generally known that the
new law requiresth sheriff 10 add
6 per cent TO the State taxes of all
persons who do not pay by Sept. LIST.
II you have not paid your taxes for
1887 you can save 6per cent by pay
ing before next Thursday.
We were shown this week bas-
ket of peaches from Mr.. W. II. Whit
lows orchard which in size surpassed
any we have seen this season. They
were of the late Crawford variety and
were as large as q mans flstand Of a
deep yellow color In flavor they were
equal to the best of free stone peaches.
Mr.. Whitlow has about 300 trees Of
this peach which will begin to bear
next season.
Todd county is coming 10 the front
in the matter of killings. On Satur-
day night Tom Dickinson, aged 30,
and Henry Dickinson, aged GO, both
colored, quarreled about woman
at Trenton, and Tom shot and killed
Henry and is still at large. On Sun
day another row between two negroes
occurred at Pinchem and one ofthem
was killed.
About midnight last Saturday
night stable and barn belonging TO
Mr.. George Warren, near Fairvicw,
was burned together with the con-
tents, consisting of wheat, oats, CORN
hay and two very fine mules. The
loss is very heavy one to Mr.. War
rem, as he had no insurance. The fire
was of incendiary origin, evidently,
as there had been no fire about the
building for some time.